A grand jury has indicted a 41-year-old Excelsior Springs man for the first-degree murder of 36-year-old Jaynie Crosdale of Kansas City.

Timothy M. Haslett Jr.’s murder indictment was announced by Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson in a press conference earlier this week. Haslett is already facing nine other charges in the case which began in October 2022, including first-degree rape or attempted rape, aggravated sexual offense; four counts of first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy, aggravated sexual offense; first-degree kidnapping – facilitating a felony, inflicting injury and terrorizing; two counts of second- degree assault; first-degree endangering the welfare of a child, creating substantial risk, first offense, no sexual conduct.

These charges stem from a call made to Excelsior Springs Police Department (ESPD), when officers were dispatched to a residence in response to a report of a female who showed up at the front door of an area home wearing a trash bag, metal …